An unusual fatality in a child due to oxycodone

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 338-341

  Armstrong, Erica J ^a   Jenkins, Amanda J ^a   Sebrosky, Gary F ^a   Balraj, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a Office of the Cuyahoga County Coroner   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatality; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Forensic toxicology; Opiates; Oxycodone; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; OXYCODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FATALITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESUSCITATION; STOMACH CONTENT; URINALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; OXYCODONE;

EID: 10044267625     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000137144.33575.01     Document Type: Article

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